The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
sod for the Red River Valley railroad
There WAS much speech making,
cheering and general jubllation.

sod for the Red River Valley railroad
There was much speech making,
cheering and general jubllation.
.NdviccS from .Afghanistam confirm
the reports OF two defeats of the
Ghilxa,s recently with heavy losses.
The first defeat Was on June Is and
the second ON the 10th.
The new directory issued ut st. Paul
has G2.2,%l names. which with the usual
multiple gives IL population of l55,5T1.
Last years directory had 49,35S names.
giving IN increase of 1888.
\ fire in the barracks of the citadel
at Quebec, Cam. caused damage to
TIL" extent of Sl5n,Ou0 and IL great
stampede for fear the magazine
would blow up. but it did not.
George j. Anderson. Il prominent
business man of SamdEsky. shot
himself through the head in his cellar.
Unfortunate investments in Kansas
aud consequent heavy losses are
thought to lave unsettled his reason.
\ Pole named Herman Llssea tried
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Pacific express at Garrison. Mont. by
placing ties on the track. but IL switch
engine ran into the obstruction and
captured the INSTRUCTOR. lie had
been put off the train and sought re-
venge.
Abraham Sands of Sands & Boyce
of Butte City. Mont. and Sands Bros.
of New York and Helena. also presi-
dent of the Denver Brewing company.
cut his throat ut Butte and WAS cold
when found in the morning. 1t is not
known why he did it. lie leaves IL
family.
Oscar NJ. Kelly. who shot and killed
his wife at Mccoy. Polk county, Ore.
about six weeks ago. was taken from
Dallas by mob and hanged. On
first hearing the mob, Kelly broke
his lamp and cut his neck. wrists and
ankles and was rapidly bleeding to
death when seized.
The police at Washington. ID. G..
have taken into custody Benedict
krehs. Il crank who is under the inn
preston that the president has de-
frauded him out of Il sum of money
and Nho has been threatening to kill
President Cleveland with Il shotgun
when he attends church.
\ quantity of chemicals. used in
making red fire. exploded shortly
after > Il. m. OH the 18th. in Spicgel.
Crullins Il Co.'S drug store and l;,hora-
tory under the Plamkintom house. ut
milwaukee,. Wis. Little damage was
done. hut Il number of hotel guests
were aroused by the noise and rushed
half clad into the street.
Dick Kelly and Bill Paxton. of Lex
ington, ILL.,, have been arrested on Il
charge of placing stones Oh the Chi
cago & Altoona track between Lead
inyton and Tawanda tor the purpose
of wrecking the south bound express.
Paxton was Il section hand on the
Altoona road.
Mike Mcnamara. IL stone cutter
having Il wife and seven children. was
shot dead in front of IL saloon on the
west side. at st. Paul. Mimi. lie had
been drinking and quarrrliny about IL
dog with Il. +. M%cDonough and two
others. McDonouyh is under arrest
and confessed to doing the shooting.
saying that Mcnamara was using IL
knife OH him. He is cut in the face.
At GAINESVILLE, Ten, the IIoughton
brothers became involved in Il quar-
rel with the Paines, father and son.
Shooting began and resulted in the
death of Paine senior and n of the
brothers and the fatal wounding of
40 l),sro FIM,n ntl,., IT,I-,,
brother is in Jail. The quarrel is said
to have been caused 10y the refusal of
the Paines to join in a scheme of the
Uoughtons to rob Il Sante Ie train.
All parties belong in the Indian terri.
tory.
At the reunion of Pickett division
and the Philadelphia brigade. at Get
tysburg, on the 4th. the following in-
cident occurred: While the band was
playing IL medley of confederate and
union war songs us the veterans were
starting OH their ride over the field it
struck up yankee Doodle" In
stantly Il rebel yell and u UNION cheer
showed that the war song of their
fathers above all others had touched
Il sympathetic chord in the breasts
of both.
The president has approved the SELL
tence of the court martial which dis
misses Lieutenant Wilcox and sends
him to the penitentiary for two years
for duplicating pay accounts. He di-
reefs his confinement in the Minneso-
tn penitentiary. Lieutenant Wilcox
is of the Second cavalry and is now in
confinement at TT. Smelling. where
he was tried. At the time of his trial
the general opinion was that nothing
more serious than Il sentence of dis.
missal would be inflicted on account
of his heretofore good character.
II. II. Porter, II. S. Picands. J.. IL
Chandler and G. w. billiard, part OF
the wealthy syndicate who purchased
the Minnesota Iron company's prop
erty and the Duluth 4 Iron Range
railroad, arrived in Duluth Sunday
by special train. They claim theil
visit is one of pleasure, but it i.
known they are members of Il very
large party who are endeavoring t.
buy all the iron locations in north
eastern Minnesota. and their presence
gives rise to the current report tina,
they are completing negotiations fol
the most gigantic deal i'll iron land
ever known in this country.
Capt. Coy, the we'll known mariner
returned to Benson. Ariz., from TIL.
F San Kreta mountains and reports
terrible waterspout on the Vail ranch
near there. lie and his partner hear,
!. u terrific oar resembling an earth
quake. They ran to the bluff over
looking the Vail cienage and beheld
monster waterspout coursing it's wa,
down the cienage valley. The valley
which is fully mile wide. was GOV
: cred with water to a depth of tifteel
feet. AS the torrents swept through
!. the valley it carried everything be
| fore it. Cattle therein were lifted III
some being landed upon high bank
but most of them being carried fol-
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